The client’s principles: explaining Israel and Taiwan’s defense ties with Central America

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dc.contributor.author Banerjee, Vasabjit
dc.contributor.author Hosur Suhas, Prashant
dc.date.accessioned 2024-06-12T07:44:51Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.description.abstract Although foreign policy between great power patrons and their client states is often studied, those of client states and third states within the context of patron-client relations receive little attention. We address this gap through a comparative historical analysis of Israel and Taiwan’s defense ties with Central American states from the 1970s until 2019. We argue that clients’ initially make decisions based on the preferences of their patrons, but subsequent defense relations with third states depend on how they benefit clients, which may not align with the patron’s preferences. Our study, besides adding further theoretical and empirical context to the existing scholarship, compares Israel and Taiwan’s long running defense ties with Central American countries, to reveal that both client states began supplying arms and training as surrogates of their patron U.S., but the type of defense goods they subsequently supplied and whether they institutionalised ties were contingent on their expected gains, be it economic, diplomatic, or security. en_US
dc.description.department Sociology en_US
dc.description.embargo 2025-01-31
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-17:Partnerships for the goals en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cgsj20 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Vasabjit Banerjee & Prashant Hosur Suhas (2024) The Client’s Principles: Explaining Israel and Taiwan’s Defense Ties with Central America, Global Society, 38:2, 177-205, DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2023.2239859. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1360-0826 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1469-798X (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1080/13600826.2023.2239859
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/96421
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge en_US
dc.rights © 2023 University of Kent. This is an electronic version of an article published in Global Society, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 177-205, 2024. doi : 10.1080/13600826.2023.2239859. Global Society is available online at : https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cgsj20. en_US
dc.subject Great power rivalry en_US
dc.subject Foreign policy en_US
dc.subject Arms transfers en_US
dc.subject Central America en_US
dc.subject Israel en_US
dc.subject Taiwan en_US
dc.subject United States (US) en_US
dc.subject SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals en_US
dc.title The client’s principles: explaining Israel and Taiwan’s defense ties with Central America en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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